June 27, 2007The friendly DHL guy stopped by today, and he always brings the good stuff. Today he delivered the Windows Server Code Name “Cougar” Beta 1 DVD. And no, I’m not leaking any news – CRN announced Cougar back in January. But I am posting the info here to thank Kevin Beares and the Microsoft Windows Server team for [...]
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June 11, 2007Did you know that you can blog with Microsoft Word 2007? I’m sure I heard this at a launch event or something, but it must have slipped my mind. I ‘discovered’ this feature today when I right-clicked a tab in Microsoft OneNote and saw the phrase “Blog this”. I clicked it, and here I am [...]
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June 1, 2007Today in Madison, Wisconsin USA I saw half a dozen pregnant women firing off model rockets in a field…. I think I will call this picture, “Rocket Moms“ (c) 2007 Tim Barrett, All Rights Reserved Warning: You have now reached the end of the Internet. Rating 3.00 out of 5
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April 12, 2007Usually, technology and convergence of digital devices are wonderful things. But when a Best Buy Geek Squad employee abuses technology to *allegedly* use his cell phone to video record a female customer showering in their own home, that’s disgusting. Just imagine if that was your wife or sister – it’s unbelievable! Best Buy does background & credit [...]
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March 15, 2007Many friends have already heard the inside scoop, and yes, the rumors are true. Today I’m making an official public announcement. March 15, 2007 – I’m excited to report that I’ve accepted a position working at Applied Tech Solutions – www.appliedtech.us Applied Tech is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner located in Madison, Wisconsin USA. They’re a [...]
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February 14, 2007So far, 2007 has not been a very good year for Cisco. Yesterday they announced two more vulnerabilites in their Internetwork Operating System (IOS) – that’s 5 this year if my count is correct. And today they announced vulnerabilites in some PIX and ASA appliances: This month: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and ASA Appliances [...]
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January 12, 2007Quite a few people have asked where they can get a PDF copy of the slide decks for all 5 days of the 70-282 Exam Prep Series with Ron Grattopp and Bea Mulzer (Jan 8 – Jan 12, 2007). Here you go! SBSC 70-282 Exam Prep, Part 1 – webcast / PDF SBSC 70-282 Exam Prep, Part [...]
Posted in Live Events, Microsoft, SBS, SBSC, SMB Community, TS2, Training, Webcasts 950 Comments »
January 3, 2007Unless you’ve been living on planet Marklar, you’ve no doubt heard of the SBS Show. And if you’re smart, you’ve listened to some, if not all of the over 2 dozen episodes of SMB goodness! Well, the beat goes on and the SBS Show is now in 2.0 mode. For unbeatable price of exactly ‘zero dollars’ [...]
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December 20, 2006The Windows Server Product Team would like to hear from you about User Group Community support. This is a direct anonymous survey, with the goal to improve services targeted towards User Groups. Microsoft wants to know what your experiences are with the community resources and information that is available to you today as a member [...]
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December 13, 2006There has been a fair amount of confusion about the expiration of the Office 2007 Beta2 Technical Refresh (B2TR). Even the Q&A session in the SBSC webcast yesterday didn’t yield an immediate answer. Understandably Partners are concerned that the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) version of the final Office 2007 bits may not arrive before [...]
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